Blackened skies unleashed record-breaking rains on Hong Kong and the high-tech cities surrounding South China's Pearl River Delta on Tuesday, disrupting hospitals and shuttering schools and law courts across the Asian financial hub.

Parts of Hong Kong were brought to a standstill by flooding caused by heavy rains on Tuesday, after the highest-tier rainstorm warning was issued for the fourth time in eight days.Tuesday's "black" rainstorm warning in Hong Kong was the fourth in the span of just over a week,

Black storm warning paralyses Hong Kong as torrential rain triggers floods and landslides - Second black rainstorm in six hours forces closure of schools, courts and most public services